Canon LASER CLASS 700 Series Network Manual page 98

Cookie
A file left on a user's computer when the user visits a web site. A cookie allows the
web site to recognize the user on subsequent visits. Cookies are generally used to
enable a user to automatically sign on to certain web sites and to customize the
features offered by such sites.
Daemon
A process that runs in the background and performs a specified operation, at
predetermined times or in response to certain events. Typical daemons include print
spoolers and automated network information system protocols.
DHCP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. A protocol that automatically specifies the
network settings of a client on a TCP/IP network. Many of these network settings
required to set up TCP/IP, which is the standard protocol of the Internet, can be made
automatically.
DNS
Domain Name System. The system that associates the IP address assigned to a
computer with the domain name.
DNS server
Domain Name System server. The system that maintains a database that translates
the domain names of Internet servers, such as "www.w3.org," into Internet Protocol
(IP) addresses, such as "18.176.0.26."
Domain
Management concept that divides large scale networks into groups for identifying
individual computers and users. The Internet is managed by classifying domains
according to country, type (business, organization, education, etc.), or company.
Ethernet
An industry-standard local area network (LAN) system for connecting together
multiple computers. Data is sent from one computer to another by breaking it into
packets, and a packet reaches its destination smoothly without any collision with
other packets.
File server
A personal computer or workstation to which two or more users on client personal
computers can gain access via a local area network (LAN) in order to share and use
its hard disk drive.
Frame type
The packet format that the network adapter of a computer uses to communicate over
a network. On an Ethernet network, there are four frame types: Ethernet 802.2,
Ethernet 802.3, Ethernet ll, and Ethernet SNAP.
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